Neottia nidus-avis

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Bird's-nest Orchid
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Asparagales Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Neottia Species: N. nidus-avis
Binomial name
Neottia nidus-avis (L.) Rich.

The Bird's-nest Orchid, Neottia nidus-avis, is a non-photosynthetic orchid found in shady woodland on basic soils. It is a myco-heterotroph. It obtains its nutrients from a mycorrhizal fungus that is attached to a photosynthetic host plant. Since it prefers high pH soils, it can be found on some limestone barrens such as Halltorps Nature Reserve, in Gilan and Mazandaran forests of Iran and the Stora Alvaret on Öland, Sweden.

[edit] See also

• Galley Down Wood

Close-up of the flowers

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